‘Palings’ takes first place in Melton Short Story Competition
This year I’ve been doing a lot of new writing, and entering some pieces in writing competitions. It’s been a really enjoyable thing, and helped me to get that writing…
Writing
It’s enough to drive a lazy-ish writer back to the keyboard
Golly, it’s been a long while since I was writing this kind of thing for an audience beyond myself. I journal infrequently as a means to eject the wonderings and…
It’s ok me, I got this
The single most powerful and liberating psychological practice I have ever done is reintroduce myself to my inner child, and show him who I am now. Yes, it sounds wanky…
Honey, I’m home! (reconnecting with myself)
It’s been almost two years since I last wrote a column, and loads of cool and some difficult stuff has happened. I’m excited to be writing again and to share…
Lonely, I’m Mr Lonely
I’ve necessarily pushed people away over the past five years. Self-preservation was my goal, and the sense of being a broken burden that a major depressive feels only compounded that.…
Where was the bubble wrap for my head?
Moving house recently was not only a massively tiring task, it was also a hugely emotional thing for me, too. A couple of months ago I moved to a new…
A love letter to inner-west Melbourne
This will be my final column as a full-time resident of the inner west. I’m moving further out west, beyond the fringes of Melbourne, to be nearer where my kids…
That’s 2020 COVID off
As the diary maker said to the printer, it’s been a year. And in many ways, 2020 has been as disappointing as that pun. But in others, it’s been a…
Ozzy the rescuing rescue dog
Reading the profile of Ozzy the Australian Bulldog on the Pet Rescue website in March 2018 felt like someone had described me, but pretended I was a dog: “Ozzy likes…